Software Carpentry
Yes, even scientists struggle with computer proficiency!
Yes, even scientists struggle with computer proficiency!
Put 8 people in a room for 48 hours and produce an 89 page (18,000 word) document! It’s called a Book Sprint.
It takes a special type of student to succeed in this field and we found 9 of them this summer!
We are eager to get a few more hands writing code… paid for by Google.
A colleague from the University of Toronto is conducting a survey on how computers are used by scientists today. Whether you are a physicist who writes code or a biologist who barely know Excel, you’ll find the survey interesting and your input will be appreciated. Here’s the announcement and link:
Computers are as important to modern [...]
We were very excited to have our article introducing WikiPathways published in PLoS Biology on the Community Page, but we were not expecting the overwhelming response and interest by other media and the blogosphere.
This was GenMAPP’s second year participating in GSoC as an umbrella organization for Cytoscape, GenMAPP-CS and WikiPathways. We had double the students and double the fun!
This year we had the unique opportunity to meet the majority of our GenMAPP Google Summer of Code students in the middle of the program during our Cytoscape Retreat in Toronto.
The tone in general at the retreat was excitement about being involved in such a strong project. This impression was then multiplied when we witnessed a strong Cytoscape presence and interest at the behemoth ISMB meeting!
